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Hiiro no Kakera

Hiiro no Kakera

20126.02 Seasons26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Believing she is to live with her grandmother because her parents are transferred abroad, Tamaki Kasuga travels to the town of Kifumura. There, she is told that she is actually to perform the role of sealing the sword Onikirimaru as the next 'Tamayori princess'. To protect her, she is also assigned young men from another family as guardians.

Created by Yoshiko Nakamura
Written by Yoshiko Nakamura
Produced by Kosaku Sakamoto
NetworksTokyo MX

Top Cast

Marie Miyake

Marie Miyake

Tamaki Kasuga (voice)

Tomokazu Sugita

Tomokazu Sugita

Takuma Onizaki (voice)

Kousuke Okano

Kousuke Okano

Mahiro Atori (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Yuuichi Komura (voice)

Hiroki Shimowada

Hiroki Shimowada

Shinji Inukai (voice)

Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa

Suguru Oomi (voice)

K

Kazunori Nomiya

Ryou Kutani (voice)

Themes & Keywords

romancebased on video gameyoukaishoujoanime

About Hiiro no Kakera

Hiiro no Kakera is a drama, sci-fi & fantasy, animation series that first aired in 2012 exploring themes of romance, based on video game, youkai, shoujo, anime. Created by Yoshiko Nakamura, it stars Marie Miyake, Tomokazu Sugita, Kousuke Okano. Believing she is to live with her grandmother because her parents are transferred abroad, Tamaki Kasuga travels to the town of Kifumura. There, she is told that she is actually to perform the role of sealing the sword Onikirimaru as the next 'Tamayori princess'. To protect her, she is also assigned young men from another family as guardians.

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